Chapter 699 You knew everything?
Inside the study, Qin Liang stood with his hands behind his back. He heard the door open but didn't turn around. He simply said, "Sit down."
In just a few days, Qin Liang was overwhelmed with work, looking haggard with obvious dark circles under his eyes.
After Qin Ce entered, neither of them spoke, and they remained silent for a long time.
After an unknown amount of time, Qin Liang finally spoke slowly, "Does it really have to come to this?"
Qin Ce looked up at him. "Didn't you start it first?"
Qin Liang turned around and sighed, "Qin Ce, the digital surveillance project covers too much scope. You're too greedy. Do you know how many people are eyeing this huge pie? Even without me, you would have stumbled on this sooner or later."
Qin Ce scoffed, "You seem to be mistaken. I came to find you not to talk about this matter."
Qin Liang's actions before were too obvious, so even though Qin Ce knew it was Qin Liang who did it, he didn't bother to argue with him.
It seems Qin Liang is still playing dumb with him.
Qin Liang still looked confused about what Qin Ce was talking about. Qin Ce was too lazy to play along, so he didn't say anything more, stood up and left.
Just as he reached the door, Qin Liang stopped him, "Wait a minute!"
Qin Ce stopped walking, but did not turn around.
Qin Liang said from behind him, "Whether you believe it or not, I didn't do what happened between you and Tan Yuwen."
“I did not say that you did this.”
Qin Liang took a breath, "Then you..."
Qin Ce faced him, his eyes cold. "But you knew about this whole time, didn't you?"
Qin Liang's eyes darted away, somewhat avoiding Qin Ce's gaze.
Qin Ce had already seen through everything from his expression.
"There are some things I don't want to do too badly, I want to leave each other with some dignity, but now I realize that these thoughts of mine seem to be superfluous."
Qin Liang stared at him. "You knew everything?"
Qin Ce remained silent.
Qin Liang looked helpless. "This matter was indeed your Aunt Wang's fault..."
Qin Ce listened to his words expressionlessly.
He thought Qin Liang would vehemently deny it or speak up for Wang Yu, but to his surprise, he actually admitted it.
"But Qin Ce, I was unaware of this matter from the beginning. By the time I found out, things had already spiraled out of control."
“I talked to your Aunt Wang, and she said that Shi Yi took a picture of you and sent it to her. She never thought of posting the picture online.”
Qin Ce sneered, "Do you believe that?"
He was overthinking things; he thought Qin Liang would honestly tell him that it was all Wang Yu's doing.
But on second thought, Qin Liang naturally had to exonerate Wang Yu, otherwise it would be tantamount to admitting that from the very beginning, he had condoned everything Wang Yu had done.
Qin Liang was somewhat dissatisfied with Qin Ce's attitude. "What are you saying? You don't respect me as your father. I won't say anything to you, but don't you know how Aunt Wang has treated you these past few years? How can you treat her like this?"
Qin Ce gave a sarcastic smile. "She's been very good to me. She knew when I was coming to Beijing, which hotels I was going to eat at, and who I was meeting. She even arranged for Shi Yi to go there early on, just to wait for me to show up and take pictures."
Qin Liang actually knew from the beginning that it was all Wang Yu's doing.
Even the news of Qin Ce's arrival in the capital and his cooperation with the Tan family was deliberately leaked to Wang Yu by Qin Liang, because Qin Liang knew better than anyone what Wang Yu's attitude was towards Qin Ce.
He didn't want Qin Ce to complete the project too smoothly, but he also didn't want Qin Ce to suspect him, so he acquiesced to Wang Yu's actions.
Qin Ce was so ruthless to himself that he actually acted with Tan Yuwen to make this matter bigger, disregarding his own reputation.
Qin Ce had already laid bare all the pretense, but Qin Liang refused to admit it, instead glaring at him angrily, "What do you mean by this? Are you doubting your Aunt Wang?"
"I wouldn't call it suspicion. You say she's good to me, but she's never shown her face or even called me once. So this is what you mean by 'good,' Father?"
Qin Liang couldn't remember the last time Qin Ce used that title.
However, Qin Liang did not feel happy at all, because Qin Ce's "father" was devoid of any emotion, as if he were calling a stranger.
Qin Liang firmly denied it, saying, "I told you, you can doubt me all you want, but your Aunt Wang is innocent, and I won't allow you to doubt her like that!"
Qin Ce said calmly, "If she really didn't do anything, you don't need to rush to explain anything to me here. But let me make this clear: you can target me if you want, but when you are attacked in return one day, don't pretend to be innocent in front of me. I'm not in the mood to watch your act."
"you!"
From the beginning, Qin Liang wanted to remain an outsider and wait until things escalated before stepping in on behalf of the Qin family to clean up Qin Ce's mess.
However, Qin Liang did not expect that Qin Ce would not give him this opportunity at all. He even disregarded his own reputation and did not hesitate to act with Tan Yuwen to make the matter continue to ferment.
Qin Ce knew that his every word and action in this matter would directly affect the Qin family and the Qin clan.
Therefore, Qin Ce's words were, in Qin Liang's eyes, a sarcastic remark about him being presumptuous.
Qin Ce remained expressionless. "What did I say wrong? You only consider and realize your actions when your own interests are threatened. Otherwise, you never care about the lives of others. You always say I'm selfish, but when you schemed against your own son, did you ever think about who was more selfish?"
Snap!
Qin Liang finally snapped, smashing the teacup on the table to the ground. "Stubborn fool! Do you even respect me as your father?"
Qin Ce glanced coldly at the shattered cup on the ground, then looked away and turned to Qin Liang.
He was furious, his face was ashen, and his chest heaved violently.
Qin Ce said, "Don't worry, I will be your son and a member of the Qin family until I die. But whether you are qualified to be my father in my heart depends on your attitude towards me."
"Qin Ce!"
Qin Ce ignored Qin Liang's anger and came out of the study.
Wang Yu had been standing at the door. Qin Ce's sudden appearance startled her. She took two steps back, looking at Qin Ce with a worried expression, hesitant to speak.
Qin Ce merely glanced at her coldly before turning and leaving.
"Xiao Ce," Wang Yu quickly called out to him, saying awkwardly, "Stay for dinner, you haven't eaten at home in a long time."
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